Dec 16, 2009

Espionage and Intelligence | The Changing Nature of Warfare Requires New Intelligence-Gathering Techniques

About the authors: G.I. Wilson is a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve colonel, John P. Sullivan is a sergeant in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and Hal Kempfer is a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve lieutenant colonel.

Our world and the nature of conflict are changing. The ways we wage war and protect the public are also rapidly changing. The now-and-future conflict is transnational and global; it includes the American homeland and cyberspace and attacks on civilians.

Fourth-Generation Warfare
This “fourth-generation warfare” is manifesting itself...